Tuesday, August 10, 2010

My dear God,

I can't help but wonder what is happening to the globe that we all call home. It seems as though more and more natural disasters are disrupting human lives. With earthquakes in Haiti and other parts of the world, now flooding, dangerous heat and tornados, I feel a greater need to pray for those affected.

What is it that you want to happen to those of us who at the moment are living calm lives? Are we to celebrate that our circumstances have not changed? Or are we to respond to our suffering neighbors?

O Lord,

keep me

ever mindful

of suffering

in our world.

Remind me

of my responsibility

to my

brothers and sisters.

Teach me

the value

of prayer

and social action,

I pray.

Love, Andrea